Title: WP Remove Version Number
Author: WP Academic
Published: <strong>March 5, 2019</strong>
Last modified: March 5, 2019

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This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**.
It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.

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# WP Remove Version Number

 By [WP Academic](https://profiles.wordpress.org/eastsidecode/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/wp-remove-version-number.zip)

 * [Details](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-remove-version-number/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-remove-version-number/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-remove-version-number/#installation)
 * [Development](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-remove-version-number/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-remove-version-number/)

## Description

This WordPress Plugin removes the version number from the WordPress front end. This
is important for security purposes as hackers will usually try to identify the current
version number your site it running in order to take advantage of any security issues
associated with that version.

Major features in WP Remove Version Number include:

 * Removes version number from scripts, styles, and rss feed.
 * No setup required!

## Installation

Upload the “wp-remove-version-number” folder to your wp-content/plugins directory,
then Activate it.

## Reviews

There are no reviews for this plugin.

## Contributors & Developers

“WP Remove Version Number” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ WP Academic ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/eastsidecode/)
 *   [ Louis ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/louis/)

[Translate “WP Remove Version Number” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/wp-remove-version-number)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-remove-version-number/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/wp-remove-version-number/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/wp-remove-version-number/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/wp-remove-version-number/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 1.0

_Release Date – 28 February 2019_
 * Initial release

## Meta

 *  Version **1.1**
 *  Last updated **7 years ago**
 *  Active installations **Fewer than 10**
 *  WordPress version ** 4.3 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **5.0.25**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-remove-version-number/)
 * Tags
 * [Remove Version](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/remove-version/)[security](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/security/)
   [version](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/version/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-remove-version-number/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ WP Academic ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/eastsidecode/)
 *   [ Louis ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/louis/)

## Support

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 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-remove-version-number/)